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#BB8FF4

#bb8ff4 ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bb8ff4 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 56.08% green and 95.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.36% cyan, 41.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 266.14°, with 82.11% saturation and 75.88% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 5.48.

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Relative luminance0.3674

Complementary

  1. #bb8ff4
  2. #c8f48f

Split complementary

  1. #bb8ff4
  2. #f4ed8f
  3. #95f48f

Analogous

  1. #8f95f4
  2. #bb8ff4
  3. #ed8ff4

Triadic

  1. #bb8ff4
  2. #f4bb8f
  3. #8ff4bb

Tetradic

  1. #bb8ff4
  2. #f48fc8
  3. #c8f48f
  4. #8ff4bb

Square

  1. #bb8ff4
  2. #f48f95
  3. #c8f48f
  4. #8ff4ed

Monochromatic

  1. #6915d5
  2. #9149ed
  3. #bb8ff4
  4. #e5d5fb
  5. #f4ecfd

Shades

#bb8ff4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb8ff4
  2. #a881dc
  3. #9672c3
  4. #8364ab
  5. #705692
  6. #5e487a
  7. #4b3962
  8. #382b49
  9. #251d31
  10. #130e18
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb8ff4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb8ff4
  2. #c29af5
  3. #c9a5f6
  4. #cfb1f7
  5. #d6bcf8
  6. #ddc7fa
  7. #e4d2fb
  8. #ebddfc
  9. #f1e9fd
  10. #f8f4fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb8ff4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb8ff4
  2. #b58ee8
  3. #af8cdd
  4. #a98bd1
  5. #a389c6
  6. #9e88ba
  7. #9886ae
  8. #9285a3
  9. #8c8397
  10. #86828c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ad9cc9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #75a2f8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7fa3f1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b1a0b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #969bf6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9b9bf2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b599d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb8ff4 {
  color: #bb8ff4;
}
Background
.bg-bb8ff4 {
  background-color: #bb8ff4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb8ff4 {
  border: 2px solid #bb8ff4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb8ff4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 143 244;
  --color-primary-hsl: 266 82% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb8ff4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb8ff4, #ed8ff4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb8ff4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 143 244 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 5.48 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.84 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.92 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 9.88 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 10.60 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.78 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 11.38 #44700b Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#bb8ff4  rgb(187, 143, 244)  hsl(266, 82%, 76%)  Floral Lavender
#c8f48f  rgb(200, 244, 143)  hsl(86, 82%, 76%)  Inchworm
#f4bb8f  rgb(244, 187, 143)  hsl(26, 82%, 76%)  Peach Orange
#8ff4bb  rgb(143, 244, 187)  hsl(146, 82%, 76%)  Aquamarine